I have decided (it probably won’t last) to actually put some useful content on this site. Up to now being not about much was a good description. So I have started by adding a Software Development Section where I will start adding a number of my thoughts on all things Software related. It may or may not be […]
Due to my current Job I have finally had the pain pleasure of getting to know Struts. Somehow despite working in Java Web Development for several years I had managed to avoid Struts. First spending several years working with Turbine and then moving Tapestry 4.
Struts always struck me as a bit of a weak framework […]
Last weekend we decided to go an visit Cotswold Wildlife Park. My family used to go there when I was a child and thought it would be fun to visit again.
I really enjoyed it. It is still a very nicely laid out place with not too many visitors and what appear to be happy animals. […]
OK - yesterday I thought it was cool that Safari was on Windows. Now after only one day of trying to use it I have pretty much had enough. FireFox is simply better!
Why?
Memory - Right now FireFox is using 32mb ram - Safari was using nearer 200MB most of the day.
Reliability - Safari has crashed […]
Apple as ever have decided to change the rules of the game by releasing Safari on Windows. This is quite significant in the browser wars for a couple of reasons
Developers (who often use Windows) will now start testing on IE/Safari rather than IE/Firefox.
It should encourage much more cross-platform web design.
It does seem to be quite […]
Channel 4 on demand launched today at http://www.channel4.com/4od/ . I have been working of this for the last few months using eRights from Macrovision.
It has generated quite a bit of coverage on the internet (this is just an optimistic attempt to get some trackback links!)
http://www.paidcontent.org/trackback/301841/
http://www.upyourego.com/blog/?p=259
http://techdigest.tv/2006/12/4od_launches_ne.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6212462.stm
http://fabricoffolly.blogspot.com/2006/12/channel-4-on-demand-first-impressions.html
Personally I think the client works quite well. As many other […]
After absolutely ages BT have finally sorted by internet connection. It appears complaining to their CEO office had some effect.
I still haven’t got a story of percisely what when wrong but It appears the order was lost between BT Wholesale and BT Openreach. Great to see them able to work together!
I have just discovered in Office 2007 I can blog from onenote or word. That is quite cool!
I can even use pictures from smart shapes and it sets them up on my web site correctly.
I used to have broadband that worked and I was happy with my provider (Force9). I was so happy I recommended them to people. Now after they messed it up I don’t even have broadband and the latest response from Zen (who got told this by BT) is the don’t know when it will be […]
I have recently changed jobs and now work for Macrovision. One immediate change was I stopped having access to the Borland Together licenses I used to have at Anite.
For those who have not had the pleasure of using it, Together for Eclipse is a top notch UML tool for eclipse with pretty much perfect live […]